Jean Suau (1503–1566) was a French Roman Catholic

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and

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Biography

Jean Suau was born in the Castle of Rieumes in

Gascony Gascony (; french: Gascogne ; oc, Gasconha ; eu, Gaskoinia) was a province of the southwestern Kingdom of France that succeeded the Duchy of Gascony (602–1453). From the 17th century until the French Revolution (1789–1799), it was part o ...

in 1503. He studied

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and civil law. Moving to

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, he became an

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, first of the

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, then of the

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. On 20 December 1555 he was elected

Bishop of Mirepoix The former Catholic diocese of Mirepoix, in south-west France, was created in 1317 by Pope John XXII from the diocese of Pamiers. It existed until the French Revolution, and was suffragan of the Archbishop of Toulouse. Its see was Mirepoix, Ariè ...

. He was subsequently

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as a

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made him a

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in the

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of 20 December 1555. He received the

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and the

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on 13 January 1556. He participated in the papal conclave of 1559 that elected

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. Under Paul IV, he served as

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of the

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. He opted for the titular church of

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on 26 April 1560. He resigned the government of Mirepoix sometime before 31 January 1561. He later participated in the papal conclave of 1565-66 that elected

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. He died in the Apostolic Palace on 29 April 1566. He was buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Suau, Jean 1503 births 1566 deaths 16th-century French cardinals